CLAY COUNTY
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County Profile - Clay County, KS
Clay County is one of the 105 counties in the state of Kansas. The 2007 populationsestimate lists the population to be 8,685. According to 2000 estimates, it has 643.84square miles in land area and a population density of 13.7 people per square mile. Theaverage household size is 2.39 persons (2000) and median household income is$37,306 (2004) (US census Bureau).
Population Estimates
Clay County has a population of 8,685 as of July 1, 2007 (US Census Bureau). Thepopulation decreased by 1.6% from the year 2000 to 2007. As per the 2000 censussurvey, population of the county was 8,822 with median age of 41.3 years. In 2000,Clay County had 20.1% of its population under the age of 15 years, 21.7% in the agegroup 15 to 34 years, 33.3% in the age group 35 years to 59 years and 25% of itspopulation above 60 years of age.
Table 1: Population Estimates for Clay County
Population EstimatesYear Ending Clay Kansas
July 1,2007 8,685 2,775,997July 1,2006 8,590 2,755,817July 1,2005 8,559 2,741,665July 1,2004 8,538 2,730,828July 1,2003 8,565 2,721,824July 1,2002 8,649 2,712,383July 1,2001 8,743 2,700,979July 1,2000 8,813 2,692,890Census 2000 April 1,2000 8,822 2,688,4182000 to 2007 % change -1.55% 3.26%1990 to 2000 % change -3.7% 8.5%
Source: US Census Bureau
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